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A best man's toast takes the form of a short speech (3–5 minutes) that combines a mixture of humor and sincerity. [7] The humor often comes in the shape of the best man telling jokes at the groom's expense whilst the sincerity incorporates the praise and complimentary comments that a best man should make about the bride and groom, amongst others.
The word toast comes from the Latin torrere 'to burn'. [3] In German, the term (or sometimes Toastbrot) also refers to the type of bread itself, which is usually used for toasting. [4] One of the first references to toast in print is in a recipe for Oyle Soppys (flavoured onions stewed in a gallon of stale beer and a pint of oil) from 1430. [5]
Toast, a 1999 play by Richard Bean; Toast, a memoir by Nigel Slater "A Toast" (anthem) ("Zdravljica"), a poem by France Prešeren and the Slovenian national anthem "A Toast", the title recorded in law for the North Carolina State Toast; Toast: And Other Rusted Futures, a collection of short fiction by Charles Stross
A toast sandwich (also known as a bread sandwich) is a sandwich in which the filling between two slices of bread is itself a thin slice of toasted bread, which may be buttered. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An 1861 recipe says to add salt and pepper to taste.
A toaster is a small electric appliance that uses radiant heat to brown sliced bread into toast, the color caused from the Maillard reaction.It typically consists of one or more slots into which bread is inserted, and heating elements, often made of nichrome wire, to generate heat and toast the bread to the desired level of crispiness.
The same rule applies here: maintain eye contact. When pouring your drink, make sure you don't pass the halfway mark. And remember to sip, not chug. What to say: A votre sant é (a h vot-ruh sahn-tay)
Throughout the Commonwealth realms, the loyal toast is most commonly composed solely of the words "The Queen" [3] or "The King" (as appropriate), though this may be elaborated with mention of the monarch's position as head of a particular state, such as in Canada, where the Canadian Armed Forces codifies the loyal toast as "Ladies and gentlemen, the King of Canada". [4]
Toasting fork (1561). One of only two known toasting forks from the 16th century, possibly from Norfolk, England [4]. Toasting forks were traditionally made from metal such as wrought iron, brass, or silver, and later from steel, but handles of wood or ivory might be used to prevent the heat of the fire being conducted to the hand.